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Welcome to Texas ELMS!

Welcome to Texas ELMS!. 2018-2019 Direct Certification Updates. TEXAS ELMS Eligibility List Management System. In the presentation you will learn :. Recent guidance regarding eligibility Uploading enrollment file Downloading matches Search for matches

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Welcome to Texas ELMS!

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  1. Welcome to Texas ELMS! 2018-2019 Direct Certification Updates Region One Education Service Center

  2. TEXAS ELMSEligibility List Management System Region One Education Service Center

  3. In thepresentationyouwilllearn: • Recentguidanceregardingeligibility • Uploadingenrollment file • Downloadingmatches • Searchformatches • When and how to reportupdated TDA data • POS • PEIMS Region One Education Service Center

  4. Introduction • It’s as easy to remember as: • UPloadyourenrollment file • DOWNload Match Reports • Code IN your POS • Send OUT notifications • (Share data withPeims) • You’ve prepared your current enrollment file and are ready to proceed with direct certification, but… Region One Education Service Center

  5. UploadingCurrentEnrollment • Get to the Direct Certification page • Selectyour CE* 3. ClicktheUploadtab 4. Browse for the file you want to upload 5. Clickupload Region One Education Service Center

  6. Didmy file uploadcorrectly? Region One Education Service Center

  7. Downloading Match Report Region One Education Service Center

  8. CE Match Report Meal Code Column Region One Education Service Center

  9. SampleReport Region One Education Service Center

  10. SampleReport Region One Education Service Center

  11. Sample TX ELM Report Region One Education Service Center

  12. Coding in POS • Coding in your POS and sendingoutnotificationsvarieswitheach CE. • For NSLP traditional a benefitsletterissent home, posiscodedaccordingly (F/R/P). • For Provisional Schools (P2, CEP), thereis no lettersent to thehousehold and posdoesnotneed to be updated as ProvisionSchoolsalreadyhavethe Free status forall in the POS. Region One Education Service Center

  13. EligibilityDetermination & EligibilityCategories • DistributionofHouseholdApplications • Incomecomparisonbasedon IEG • CategoricalEligibility • Direct Certification • SNAP • TANF • FDPIR • Medicaid Free (matched in the TXUNPS) • Medicaid Reduced (matched in TXUNPS) Region One Education Service Center

  14. OtherSource • Foster • Designatedstateorfederallyfunded pre-kingdergartenprograms, includingearly head start, evenstart, and head start • Homeless, includingrunaways and individuals displaced bydeclareddisasters. • Migrant • Snap, tanf, orfdpireligiblestudentnoton DC Region One Education Service Center

  15. New for 2018-2019 • CategoricalEligibility • Direct Certification • SNAP • TANF • FDPIR • Medicaid Free (matched in the TXUNPS) • Medicad Reduced (matched in TXUNPS) Region One Education Service Center

  16. Medicaid Free • Students whose households match as Medicaid Free are eligible for free meals. • [Note: Each state uses different criteria to establish eligibility for the Medicaid programs offered in the state. • If a household receives Medicaid and does not match for Medicaid Free or Medicaid Reduced in the TX-UNPS Direct Certification Direct Verification System, the specific Medicaid program does not meet income-derived eligibility criteria as specified by USDA for NSLP and SBP.] Region One Education Service Center

  17. Medicaid Reduced • Eligibility determination made in TX-UNPS Direct Certification Direct Verification System. Students whose households match as Medicaid Reduced are eligible for reduced-price meals. • [Note: Each state uses different criteria to establish eligibility for the Medicaid programs offered in the state. If a household receives Medicaid and does not match for Medicaid Free or Medicaid Reduced in the TX-UNPS Direct Certification Direct Verification System, the specific Medicaid program does not meet income-derived eligibility criteria as specified by USDA for NSLP and SBP.] Region One Education Service Center

  18. More on Medicaid • Medicaid Free and Medicaid Reduced eligibility cannot be determined using an application • Medicaid Free and Medicaid Reduced eligibility must be determined using information from the TX-UNPS Direct Certification Direct Verification System • If any person in the household qualifies for Medicaid Reduced, all students in the household qualify for reduced-price Region One Education Service Center

  19. Medicaid (ARM) • Medicaid Free and Medicaid Reduced information reported on an application or using an award letter from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Commission cannot be used to determine eligibility. Medicaid Free and Medicaid Reduced eligibility can only be determined based on a match made in the Direct Certification Direct Verification System. • ARM 4.86 (April 25, 2018) Region One Education Service Center

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  22. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider Region One Education Service Center

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